On 1/26/2023 4:23 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jan 2023, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
I submit that the Selectric was not the optimum
platform with which to
set speed records.
Of course not!
Even a daisy wheel is easily capable of twice that.
But, we didn't have convenient access to anything better half a
century ago.
A half century a go I regularly typed 60WPM on my Kleinschmidt at work
and my Lorenz LO50
at home. That was as fast as they went and rhythm rather than speed was
the desired objective.
And, yes, even as a male I had typing in high school.
bill